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Education
1980
Ph.D., Graduate Faculty, The New School. Fields: Economic Theory and Industrial Organization.
1979
Recent Developments in Applied Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago.
1974
M.A. in Political Economy, The New School, Area of Concentration: International Trade and Comparative Economic Systems.
1972
B.A. in Economics, Cum Laude, Cleveland State University.
Honors
Entrepreneurship Fellow, World Entrepreneurship Forum, Lyon, France.
Affiliate Member, Sloan Industry Studies Program, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc.
"Doctor Honoris Causa," Faculty of Economics, University of Pecs, Hungary, November 2006.
Winner of the 2003-2004 Black and Decker Research Award, University of Baltimore.
Winner of the best paper at the 2002 Babson-Kauffman Research Conference, Babson College with Catherine Armington, June 2002.
Recipient of the 2001 International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research awarded on behalf of The Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (http://www.fsf.se).
Invited to deliver the by-annual 1994 F. De Vries Lecture in Economics at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, March 1994.
Grants
U. S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, Global Entrepreneurship Index, Global Entrepreneurship Index, SBAHQ-09-M-0288, $49,000.
Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc. The Impact of Immigrant High-technology Entrepreneurship in the United Sates (SRF grant #2007-7706) with David M. Hart, $122,683.
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Research on Self-Employment, $2,500.
U. S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Research Using Large Databases: Immigrants and high tech start-ups, 2007-2008, SBAHQ-07-Q-xxxx $91,200.
U. S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, Small Business Research Using Large Databases: Mice, Gazelles, Elephants and Job Creation, 2006-2007, SBAHQ-06-Q-0014, $95,000.
Kauffman Foundation, "Literature Review for JEL Article," 2006, $41,865.
Kauffman Foundation, Kauffman-Max Planck Fellowship in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 2006-2010, $100,000.
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Summit, 2005-2006, SBAHQ-Q5-Q0028, $59,000.
U. S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Research Using Large Databases: Entrepreneurship, Geography and Economic Growth, 2003-2004, SBAHQO3M0534, $62,710.
Entrepreneurship and Society, Funding for two projects through the SNS-Center for Business and Policy Studies, Stockholm, Sweden, 2002-2005, $75,000.
Hungarian Ministry of Industry, Funding for GEMS Hungary, University of Pecs, 2001 and for 2005, $92,000.
National Science Foundation, Economics Program, "The Regional Differences in Firm Entry in the Service Sector," 2000-2001, Grant # SES – 0080316, $106,670.
Kauffman Foundation, "U. S. Geographical Diversity in Business Entry and Turnover," 2000, $58,600.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Research Grant, 1998, $2,000.
NASDAQ Fellow in Capital Formation, RISEbusiness, 1998, $20,000.
American Statistical Association/National Science Foundation/Census Research Fellow, Center for Economic Studies (CES), U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1998-1999. Grant # SBR 9808594, $103,000.
Sponsored by the Small Business Foundation of America for the Entrepreneurship Research Consortium (ERC), Babson College, 1996, $20,000.
Maryland Department of Economic and Employment Development: Office of Employment Training, September 1991, 10,000.
The European Economic Community, Directorate H. Grant No. E/9010007/PRO, January 1991 100,000.
Maryland Department of Economic and Employment Development: Office of Technology Development, January 1990, 5,000.
The German Marshall Fund of the United States, March 1989. Grant Number 8-90846, 8,000.
Nominated for a Fullbright Lectureship in Economics, 1986-1987.
Faculty Research Grant, Manhattan College, 1984.
Outside Service
2008-2010
Member of the Board of the Global Entrepreneurship Research Association (GERA).
2004-2005
Research Director, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
2002-
Member of the Board of the Swedish Foundation for Small Business.
2001-2002
Member Technical Advisory Board, Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor.
2000-
Team Member of GEM Hungry.
Editorial Services
Editor and Founder
Small Business Economics:
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Boston, MA 02061
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/j/0921-898X
Impact Factor 1.41: ranked 39th in economics
Editor and Founder
Foundations and Trends
Now Publishing
Hanover, MA 02339
http://www.nowpublishers.com
Series Editor, "Kluwer International Handbook of Entrepreneurship."
Series Editor, "Kluwer International Studies in Entrepreneurship."
Editorial Board Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Editorial Board Economic Development Quarterly.
Editorial Board Journal of International Entrepreneurship.
Editorial Board Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development.
Editorial Board International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education.
Editorial Board Asian Small Business Review.
University Service
2004-2005
University of Baltimore, University Senate, President
University of Baltimore, University Council, Executive Committee
Merrick School of Business, Faculty Senate, President
Merrick School of Business, Strategic Planning Committee
Merrick School of Business, Promotion and Tenure committee, Chair
2003-2004
University of Baltimore, University Senate
Merrick School of Business, Strategic Planning Committee
Merrick School of Business, Promotion and Tenure, Chair
University Council, Strategic Planning Committee
2002-2003
University of Baltimore, University Council
1999-2002
Merrick School of Business, Director Entrepreneurship Program
Merrick School of Business, Area Chair, Economics
1991-1992
Merrick School of Business, Chair, Graduate Curriculum Committee
Merrick School of Business, Personnel Committee
Department of Economics and Finance, Personnel Committee
Positions Held
2005
University Professor and director Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University (Tenured). On study leave, Spring, 2009.
2002-
Research Scholar, Group: Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, Max Plank Institute of Economics, Jena Germany.
2002-
External Faculty, English Language PhD Program, University of Pecs.
1989 -
Doris and Robert McCurdy Distinguished Professor of
Entrepreneurship and Director Entrepreneurship Program (1998-2002), Professor of Economics (1991-2005), Professor Emeritus (2005- , Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland (tenured 1992; on leave 1994-1995; 1996-1998; Sabbatical leave, 1998-1999).
1998-2001
Census Research Fellow – Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of the
Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington D.C.
1996-1998
Chief Economic Advisor – Office of Economic Research, U.S. Small
Business Administration, Washington, D.C.
1994 – 1996
Associate Director – Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), Visiting Professor of Business and Public Policy, College of Business and Management, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, Maryland.
1986 – 1991
Research Fellow, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung, Research Unit: Market Processes and Corporate Development.
1985-1988
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, and Research Associate, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Center, University of Illinois – Springfield, Springfield, Illinois (on Leave 1987-1988).
1982 – 1985
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, School of Business, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York.
1982 – 1983
Research Associate, Institute on Western Europe, Columbia University, New York, New York.
1980 – 1982
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.
2000 - 2002
External Faculty, Department of Economics, Santa Anna School of Advanced International Studies, Pisa, Italy.
2009
Fall Visiting Professor, Imperial Business School, Imperial College, London UK.
1995
Summer Visiting Professor, C.E.F.I., Faculty Des Sciences Economiques, Universite' D' Aix –Marseille II, France
1993
Summer May Wong Smith Fellow, School of Economics and Management, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom.
Consulting
2005-2007
Chief, Economic Research Bureau, National Policy Research Council, Washington D. C.
2005-2007
Scholar in Residence, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
2003-2008
SNS Center for Business and Public Policy, Stockholm Sweden, Research international five-year research project on Entrepreneurship and Society.
2002-2007
National Academy of Sciences, Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy, Washington D. C., five-year evaluation of the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR).
April 2003
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Center for the Study of Rural America.
March 2003
United States Department of State, Office of International Information Programs (IIP), U. S. Speaker and Specialist Grant, Mumbai, India.
June 2002
Pivotal Corporation, The Mid-Enterprise Market.
March 2002
SWALES Aerospace Inc. Size Standards.
March 2000
National Commission on Entrepreneurship
September 1999
Commonwealth Development Associates, Inc.
June 1999
U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs.
May 1998
United Nations University, WIDER, Small Firms in Historical
Perspective.
February 1998
Fair Isaac Inc, Small Business Users Exchange.
March 1997
Industry Canada, Regional Innovation and Economic Development.
June 1995
OECD, SMEs: Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Washington,
D.C.
May 1995
EIM, Small Business Research and Consultancy, Netherlands,
"Economic Position and Deregulation of the Taxi Market."
April 1995
Industry Canada, Implications of Knowledge Based Growth for Micro-Economic Policies.
April 1992
INAE – National Forum of Brazil – The New International Order, Rio de Janeiro.
December 1991
Nathan Associates Inc., United Nations World Economic Survey, "Entrepreneurship and the Development Challenge of the 1990s."
June 1991
Ministry of Industry and Energy, and OECD, Lisbon, Portugal – "SME Strategies for the Nineties."
May 1991
Greater Baltimore Committee and CFED – G.B.C. High Tech Scorecard.
September 1990
Commission of the European Communities (Director – General for
Economics and Finance – DG II), "Small Firms and Industry Dynamics."
June 1989
Ministry of Economic Affairs (Directorate of Technology Policy, Hague, Netherlands), "Small Firms and Industry Dynamics."
March 1988
Commission of the European Communities (Directorate – General for
Employment, Special Affairs and Education – DG V), "Employment Creation in Small Firms."
December 1984
Central Intelligence Agency, "Restructuring in Western Europe, Lessons From the U.S. Steel Industry."
Summer 1982
Haldi and Associates, Inc., co-authored with Thomas Vietorisz, "An Account of the Investment Criteria and Decision Making on Long Term Capital and Investment in Growing Small Business."
Summer 1980
Robert Cohen Associates, Conservation of Human Resources, Columbia University, co-authored, "The Future Competitiveness of the U.S. Steel Industry," Incorporated in a study on U.S. Industry Competitiveness: A Comparison of Steel, Electronics and Automobiles, Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States, Washington, D.C., July 1981.
Teaching
Graduate Courses:
PhD: Entrepreneurship and Public Policy I
MA: International Entrepreneurship; Microeconomics; Investment and Macroeconomics; Managerial Economics and Public Policy; Entrepreneurship and Innovation; New Venture Creation; Global and Domestic Business Environment; Social Entrepreneurship
Thesis Committee
Arbogast, Lynn, M.A., 1985, An Econometric Study of Merger Activity, University of Illinois - Springfield.
Brody, Jeff, M.A., 1986, Illinois as a Site for Economic Activity, University of Illinois - Springfield.
Feldman, Maryann, Ph.D., 1994, The Spatial Determinants of Innovative Activity, Carnegie-Mellon.
Attila Varga, Ph.D., 1997, Universities and the Spatial Patterns of Innovative Activity in U.S. Manufacturing, West Virginia University.
Sam Youl Lee, PhD., 2004, Essays on Creativity, Diversity, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Carnegie Mellon University.
Jurgita Baltrusaityte, Ph.D. 2006, The Relationship Between New Venture Success and the Type of Opportunity Recognition, University of Illinois Chicago.
Ziaoli Wang, PhD. 2006, Are Entrepreneurs Different in terms of Financial Risk Perception and Investment Allocation? A Theoretical and Empirical Discussion, School of Management, Rutgers University.
Larry Plummer, PhD., 2007, The Impact of New Venture Creation on Local Incumbent Firm Performance, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Ting Zhang, Ph.D., 2007, Elderly Self-employment for an Aging US Economy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.
Shameeksha V. Desia, PhD 2008, Entrepreneurship in Post-conflict Societies, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.
Nicola Virgill, 2009, The Effects of Export Processing Zones on Domestic Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.
Robert J. Werker, PhD 2009, The Impact of Cross-border Venture Capital Investments on U.S. Venture Capital Firms, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy New York.
Alex Klein, PhD candidate, Entrepreneurship Climate and its Effects on High-Growth firms Formation: an effort to understand county-level determinants of entrepreneurship, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.
Haifeng Qian, PhD candidate, Human Capital and Innovation: A Regional Perspective, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.
Julio Gutierez, PhD candidate, Global Production Chains and Innovation in Low Productivity Industries, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.
Doh Soogwan, PhD candidate, Impact of Social Capital on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development in the KnowledgeEconomy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.
Ryan Sutter, PhD candidate, Psychology, Entrepreneurship and Technology, School of Public Policy, George mason University.
Current Research
Current Working Papers
- Longitudinal Establishment and Enterprise Microdata (LEEM) Documentation, including Strengths and Weaknesses, with Catherine Armington, Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of the Census, September CES 98-9.
- Gross Job Flows in the U.S. Economy, with Catherine Armington and Alicia Robb, Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of the Census, January CES 99-1.
- The Missing Link: The Knowledge Filter, Entrepreneurship and Endogenous Growth, with D. Audretsch, P. Braunerhhjem and B. Carlsson, Center for Economic Policy Research, London, UK, December No. 4783, 2004.
- Growth and Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Assessment with D. Audretsch, P. Braunerhhjem and B. Carlsson, Center for Economic Policy Research, London, UK, December No. 5409, 2005.
- A Theory of Destructive Entrepreneurship, with Sameeksha Desai, Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, 2007.
- Start-Ups at the Gate: Examining the Link between Technological Capabilities and Agglomeration Externalities with, Larry Plummer, Elaine Mosakowski and Sharon Matusik, March, 2008.
- Good Neighbors or Bad? A Time-Space Model of the Effects of entrepreneurial entry on the profits of Post-IPO Firms, with Lawrence Al Plummer and Elaine Mosakowski, March 2008.
- Intellectual Property Rights and the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, with Mark Sanders, George Mason University and Max Planck Institute of Economics, March 2008.
- The Global Entrepreneurship Index, A Multi-Dimensional Perspective on Entrepreneurship with Pekka Stenholm, George Mason University.
- The Entrepreneurial Advantage of World Cities: Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Data, with Niels Bosma and Rolf Sternberg, EIM Working Paper.
- The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Foreign Direct Investment with Siri Terjesen, Colm O' Gorman, Pickering, David Brookbank, George Mason University.
- Globalization: Countries, Cities and Multinationals, with Philip McCann, Max Planck Institute of Economics.
- A Theory of Destructive Entrepreneurship, with, Sameeksha Desai and Utz Weitzel, Max Planck Institute of Economics, 2009.
- The Good, the Bad, and the Talented: Entrepreneurial talent and other-regarding behavior, with Utz Weitzel, Diemo Urbig, Sameeksah Desai and Mark Sanders, Max Planck Institute of Economics, 2009.
- A Spatial Competition Model of Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship, with Lawrence Plummer and Casey Frid, 2009.
Publications
Cites
Social Science Citation index, 140 in 2005; 100 published articles in ISI; Sum of times cited: 1,291; Average citations per item: 13.73; h-index: 19; Goggle Scholar cites: 2,420; Econ Paper Cites 2006: 187th; Downloads 137th.
Books
Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research, 2nd edition, with David B. Audretsch, eds., Springer Publishers (under Contract).
Technology Entrepreneurship, ed., New York: World Scientific (under Contract).
Entrepreneurship and Regional development, ed., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, (in press).
The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, ed., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, (in press).
Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, with David B. Audretsch and Robert Strom, eds., New York: Cambridge University Press 2009.
Public Policy in an Entrepreneurial Economy with Roger Stough eds., Boston: Springer 2008.
Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Public Policy: Prelude to a Knowledge Spillover Theory of entrepreneurship, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar 2008.
Obesity, Business and Public Policy, with Alan Lyles eds., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2007.
Entrepreneurship, Geography and American Economic Growth, with Catherine Armington, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
The Growth of Cities, ed., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2006.
Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research, with David B. Audretsch, eds., Boston: Springer, 2005. Paperback edition.
Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research, with David B. Audretsch, eds., Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
The Emergence of the Knowledge Economy: A Regional Perspective, with de Groot and Nijkamp, eds., Springer, 2002.
Innovation and the Growth of Cities, Cheltnam: Edward Elgar, 2002. Also in paperback.
Regional Innovation, Knowledge and Global Change, ed., London: Cassell, 2000. Also in paperback.
Are Small Firms Important? ed., Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy, with Bernard Yeung, eds., Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1999.
Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and the Macroeconomy, with B. Carlsson, and C. Karlsson, eds., Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Management and Economics of Organization, with Daniel A. Gerlowski and Felix R. FitzRoy, Prentice Hall, Europe, 1998.
Managerial Economics & Organization, with Daniel A. Gerlowski, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.
Small Firms and Economic Growth, Two-Volume Set, ed., An Edward Elgar Reference Collection, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1996.
Small Business in the Modern Economy, with Bo Carlsson and Roy Thurik, Edited by Piet Hein Admiraal, De Vries lectures in Economics, Oxford, Blackwell Publishers, 1996
Small Firms and Entrepreneurship: An East West Perspective, with David B. Audretsch, eds., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Reprinted as paperback edition 2008.
Innovation durch Kleine Unternehmen, with David B. Audretsch, Berlin: Ed Sigma 1992.
Innovation and Technological Change: An International Comparison, with David B. Audretsch, eds., Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1991.
The Economics of Small Firms: A European Challenge, with David B. Audretsch, eds., Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1990.
Innovation and Small Firms, with David B. Audretsch, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1990.
The Changing Structure of the U.S. Economy: Lessons from the U.S. Steel Industry, Foreword by Charles P. Kindleberger, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1984.
Journal Articles
"The Missing Link: Knowledge Diffusion and Entrepreneurship in Endogenous Growth, Small Business Economics, with D. Audretsch, P. Braunerhhjem and B. Carlsson, published online October 2009.
"Creativity and Industrial Cites: A Case Study of Baltimore," with Monika Megyesi, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 2009 21(4), 421-439.
The Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX), with Laszlo Szerb, Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2009, 5(5), 341-435.
"Entrepreneurship and Economic Development," with Nicola Virgil, Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2009 (in press).
"The Knowledge Creation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: A Historical Review," D. Audretsch, P. Braunerhhjem and B. Carlsson, Industrial and Corporate Change 2009, online October, 1-37.
"The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship," with D. Audretsch, P. Braunerhhjem and B. Carlsson, Small Business Economic, 2009 32, 15-30.
"Entrepreneurship, Economic Development and Institutions," with Sameeksha Desai and Jolanda Hessels, Small Business Economics, 2008, 31(3), 219-234.
"What Does 'Entrepreneurship 'Data Really Show?" with Sameeksha Desai and Leora F. Klapper, Small Business Economics, 2008, 32(3), 265-281.
"Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness Dynamics in Latin America," with Jose Ernesto Amoros, Small Business Economics, 2008, 31(3), 305-322.
"Penetrating the Knowledge Filter in Rustbelt Economies," with Larry Plummer and Ryan Sutter, The Annals of Regional Science, 2009.
"Foundations of High Impact Entrepreneurship," Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2008, 4(6), 535-620.
"Employment Effects of Business Dynamics: Mice, Gazelles and Elephants," with Pamela Mueller, Small Business Economics, 2008, 30(1), 85-100.
"Intermediated Mode of Internationalization: New Software Ventures in Ireland and India," with Siri Terjesen and Colm O' Gorman, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 2008, 20(1), 89-109.
"The Determinants of New-firm Survival Across Regional Economies," with Catherine Armington and Tang Zhang, Annals of Regional Science, 2007, 86(3), 367-391.
"What is an Entrepreneurial Opportunity?," with Jeffrey S. McMullen and Lawrence Plummer, Small Business Economics, 2007, 28(4), 273-283.
"Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Public Policy," with Szerb Laszlo, Small Business Economics, (2007) 28(2-3). 109-122.
"Could the Irish Miracle be Repeated in Hungary?" with Szerb Laszlo, Colm O'Gorman and Siri Terjesen, Small Business Economics, 2007, 28(2-3), 123-142.
"How is Entrepreneurship Good for Economic Growth," Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, 2006, 1(1), 97-107.
"Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technological Change," with David Audretsch, Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2005, 1(5), 1-65.
"The Infrastructure of Obesity and the Obesity Epidemic," with Kenneth Stanton, Journal of Health Economics and Health Policy, 2005, 4(3), 139-146.
"Penetrating the 'Knowledge Filter' in Regional Economics," with Larry Plummer, Annals of Regional Science, 2005, 38, 439-456.
"Entrepreneurship, Agglomeration and Technological Change," with Attila Varga, Small Business Economics, 2005, 24(3), 323-334.
"The Entrepreneurship-Philanthropy Nexus: Implication for Internationalization," with Pontus Braunerhjelm, Management International Review, 2005, 45(3) 111-144.
"Az új vállalkozások gazdaságra gyakorolt hatásainak vizsgálata nemzetközi összehasonlításban," with A. Varga, S. Laszlo, J. Ulbert, and E. Bodor Kozgazdasagi Szemle, 2004, 51, 679-698.
"Entrepreneurship and Economic Development," with David J. Storey, Regional Studies, 2004,38, 871-877.
"Creativity and Entrepreneurship," with Sam Youl Lee and Richard Florida, Regional Studies, 2004, 38, 879-891.
"Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities," with Catherine Armington, Regional Studies, 2004, 28, 911-927.
"The Geographic Diversity of New Firm Formation and Human Capital, with Catherine Armington, Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 56(2), 244-278.
"Job Creation and Persistence in Services and Manufacturing," with Catherine Armington, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2004, 14, 305-329.
"Towards New Horizons: The Internationalization of Entrepreneurship," with Leo Dana and Catherine Jones, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2003, 1(1), 5-12.
"Entrepreneurial Capitalism: if America Leads will Europe Follow?" Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2002, 10(1), 113-117.
"Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy in American Capitalism," with Ronnie Phillips, Small Business Economics, in Z. J. Acs and C. Karlsson, Small Business Economic, special issue on Institution, Entrepreneurship and Firm Growth (II): From Sweden to OECD, 2002, 19(3), 189-204.
"High-Technology Employment and R&D in Cities: Heterogeneity vs. Specialization," with FitzRoy and Smith, Annals of Regional Science, 2002, 36(3), 373-386.
"Patents and Innovation Counts as Measures of Regional Production of New Knowledge," with Luc Anselin and Attila Varga, Research Policy, 2002, 31(7), 1069-1085.
Institutions, Entrepreneurship and Firm Growth (I and II): From Sweden to the OECD, with C. Karlsson, Small Business Economics, 2002, 19(2), 63-67 and 19(3), 183-187.
"The Determinants of Regional Variation in New Firm Formation," with Catherine Armington, Regional Studies, 2002, 36(1), 33-45.
"Geography, Endogenous Growth and Innovation," with Attila Varga, in Z. J. Acs and A. Varga, eds., International Regional Science Review, special issue on Regional Innovation System 2002, 25(1), 132-148.
"Introduction: Knowledge Spillovers, Innovation and Regional Development," with de Groot and P. Nijkamp, Papers in Regional Science, 2001, 80(3) 249-254.
"Entrepreneurship, Globalization and Public Policy," with R Morck and B. Yeung, Journal of International Management, 2001, 7, 235-251.
"Terbeliseg, Endogen Novekedes es Innovacio," Ter es Tarsadalom, with Attila Varga, 2000, XIV(4), 23-39.
"Two Models of Wealth Distribution," with Leo Paul Dana, Small Business Economics, 2000, 16(1), 63-74.
"Geographic and Sectoral Characteristic of Academic Knowledge Externalities," with Luc Anselin and Attila Varga, Papers in Regional Science, 2000, 79(4), 435-444.
"Geographic Spillovers and University Research: A Spatial Econometric Approach," with Luc Anselin and Attila Varga, Growth and Change, 2000, 31(4), 501-515.
"Entrepreneurial Start-ups and International Business," Wirtschafts Politische Blatter, 2000, 47(3), 269-275.
"Entrepreneurial Discovery and the Global Economy," with Bernard Yeung, Global Focus, 1999, 11(3), 63-71.
"Teaching the New Managerial Economics," with Daniel Gerlowski, Journal of Financial Practice and Education, 1999, 9(2), 125-131.
"'Small Firm Innovation and Public Policy," Science Policy,' 1999, 26(4), 247-258.
"High Technology Employment and University R&D Spillovers: Evidence from U.S. Cities," with Felix R. FitzRoy and Ian Smith, in R. Henderson and A. Jaffe, eds., Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Special Issue on R&D Spillovers, 1999, 8, 57-78.
"The Angel Capital Electronic Network (Ace-Net)," with Fred A. Tarpley, in Allen N. Berger and Gregory F. Udell, eds., Journal of Banking and Finance, special Issue on "The Economics of Small Business Finance", 1998, 22 (6-8), 793-79
"High Technology Employment Growth in Major U.S. Metropolitan Areas," with Adrian Ndikumwami, Small Business Economics, 10(1) 1998, 47-59.
"Local Geographic Spillovers Between University Research and High Technology Innovations," with Luc Anselin, and Attila Varga, Journal of Urban Economics, 42, 1997, 422-448.
"Small and Medium Enterprises, Technology and Globalization" with Lee Preston, in Charles Heller and Lee Preston, eds., Small Business Economics, Special Issue on "Small and Medium-Sized Firms and the Global Economy," 9 (1), 1997, 1-6.
"Small and Medium Size Enterprises in the Global Economy: A Policy Perspective," with Randall Morck, J. Myles Shaver and Bernard Yeung, in Charles Heller and Lee Preston, eds., Small Business Economics, Special Issue on "Small and Medium-Sized Firms and the Global Economy," 9 (1), 1997, 7-20.
"Does Research Create Jobs?," Challenge, 38, 1996, 32-38.
"Innovation of Entrepreneurial Firms," with Sharon Gifford, Small Business Economics, 8(3), 1996, 203-218.
"Symposium on Harrison's 'Lean and Mean'," Small Business Economics, 7(5), 1995, 1-4.
"A Constitution for Privatizing Large Eastern Enterprise," with Felix R. FitzRoy, The Economics of Transition, 2, 1994, 83-94.
"New-Firm Startups, Technology, and Macroeconomic Fluctuations," with David B. Audretsch, Small Business Economics, 6(6), 1994, 439-450.
"The Effect of Flexible Technology on Plant Size," with Bo Carlsson and David B. Audretsch, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 12, 1994, 359-372, reprinted in Z.J. Acs, ed., Small Firms and Economic Growth, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1996, Volume II, 406-421.
"R&D Spillovers and Recipient Firm Size," with David B. Audretsch and Maryann P. Feldman, Review of Economics and Statistics, 76, 1994, 336-340, reprinted in Z.J. Acs, ed., Small Firms and Economic Growth, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1996, Volume II, 309-313; David B. Audretsch, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Edward Elgar, 2005, pp. 55-59.
"R&D Spillovers and Innovative Activity," with David B. Audretsch and Maryann P. Feldman, Managerial and Decision Economics, 15, 1994, 131-138.
"Innovation and Firm Size: The New Learning, " with David B. Audretsch, The International Journal of Technology Management, 8, 1993, 23-35, reprinted in Z.J. Acs, ed., Small Firms and Economic Growth, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1996, Volume I, 417-429.
"Real Effects of Academic Research: Comment," with David B. Audretsch and Maryann P. Feldman, American Economic Review, March 1992, 363-367; reprinted in David B. Audretsch, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Edward Elgar, 2005, pp.112-117.
"The New Institutional Economics of the Firm and Lessons from Japan," with Felix R. FitzRoy, Japan and the World Economy, 4, 1992, 129-143.
"Financing Maryland Biotechnology," with Larry Herron and Harry J. Sapienza, Economic Development Quarterly, 6, 1992, 373-382.
"Small Business Economics: A Global Perspective," Challenge, 35, 1992, 38-44.
"Innovation, Firm Size, and Capital Structure," with Steve Isberg, Economics Letters, 35, 1991, 323-326.
"Innovation and Size at the Firm Level," with David B. Audretsch, Southern Economic Journal, 57, January 1991, 739-744. Reprinted in David B. Audretsch, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, 2005, 26-31.
"Flexible Technology and Firm Size," with David B. Audretsch and Bo Carlsson, Small Business Economics, 3(4), 1991, 307-319.
"The Entrepreneurial Regime, Learning and Industry Turbulence," with David B. Audretsch, Small Business Economics, 2(2), 1990, 119-128, reprinted in Z.J. Acs, ed., Small Firms and Economic Growth, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1996, Volume II, 31-39.
"Small Firm Growth and the Product Life Cycle," with David B. Audretsch, Applied Economics, 22, 1990, 143-154, (Lead Article).
"High Technology Networks in Maryland: A Case Study," Science and Public Policy, October 1990, 17, 315-326.
"Editors Introduction," with David B. Audretsch, Small Business Economics, 1(1), 1989, 1-5.
"The Presence of Small Firms in U.S. Manufacturing," with David B. Audretsch, Small Business Economics, 1(3), 1989, 193-214.
"Inside the Firm and Organizational Capital: A Review Article," with Felix R. FitzRoy, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 7, June 1989, 309-314.
"Small-Firm Entry in U.S. Manufacturing," with David B. Audretsch, Economica, 55, 1989, 255-265, reprinted in Entrepreneurship, edited by M. Casson, London: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd., 1990, 291-304.
"Job Creation and Firm Size in the U.S. and West Germany," with David B. Audretsch, International Journal of Small Business, 7, 1989, 9-22, (Lead Article).
"Patents as a Measure of Innovative Activity," with David B. Audretsch, Kyklos, 42, 1989, 171-180.
"Births and Firm Size," with David B. Audretsch, Southern Economic Journal, October 1989, 467-475..
"Small Firms in U.S. Manufacturing: A First Report," with David B. Audretsch, Economics Letters, 31, 1989, 399-402.
"Patents and Innovations Compared," with David B. Audretsch, Eastern Economic Journal, XV, 1989, 173-174.
"Testing the Schumpeterian Hypotheses," with David B. Audretsch, Eastern Economic Journal, XIV, June 1988, 129-140 (Lead Article).
"Innovation and Technical Change in the U.S. Steel Industry," Technovation, 7, 1988, 181-195 (Lead Article).
"Innovation and Firm Size in Manufacturing," with David B. Audretsch, Technovation, 7, 1988, 197-210.
"Small-Firm Mobility: A First Report," with David B. Audretsch, Economics Letters, 23, 1988, 281-284.
"Innovation in Large and Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis," with David B. Audretsch, American Economic Review, 78, September 1988, 678-690, reprinted in Z.J. Acs, ed., Small Firms and Economic Growth, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1996, Volume I, 393-404; D. J. Storey, ed., Small Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, 2000, 1162-1182; Paul Westhead and Mike Wright, Advances in Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar, 2000, Vol. III, pp. 453-465; David B. Audretsch, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Edward Elgar, 2005, pp. 3-15; Simon Parker, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth, Edward Elgar 2005.
"Innovation in Large and Small Firms," with David B. Audretsch, Economics Letters, 25, 1987, 363-366.
"Innovation Market Structure and Firm Size," with David B. Audretsch, Review of Economics and Statistics, 69, November, 1987, 567-575 (Lead Article), reprinted in M. Casson, ed., Entrepreneurship, London: Edward Elgar Publishers, Ltd., 1990, 305-312; David B. Audretsch, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Edward Elgar, 2005, pp. 32-42.
"An Empirical Examination of Small-Firm Growth," with David B. Audretsch, Economics Letters, 25, 1987, 363-366.
"Financing of Minimills in the U.S. Steel Industry," Policy Studies Journal, 13, Summer 1985, 747-756.
"The Growth of Small Business: An American Perspective," Journal of Regional Policy, April/July 1984, 159-176, Isvaimer, Naples, Italy (English/Italian), (Lead Article).
"Managing the Decline of the Corporate Sector," SAIS Review, 4, 1984, 149-168.
"The Role of Management in the Decline of the Steel Industry," Manhattan College Journal of Business, 11, Spring 1983, 10-15.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
"Entrepreneurial Capitalism" in Capitalist Development: Towards a Synthesis of Capitalist Development and the economy as a whole, in Entrepreneurship, growth and Public Policy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, with D. B. Audretsch and R. J. Strom, eds., 2009, 300-319.
"Democratic Capitalism and Philanthropy in a Global Economy," with Sameeksha Desai, Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, 2007.
"Measuring the Social Value of Innovation: The cases of Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank and Bill Gates, Microsoft," with Joseph Sany, Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth, Volume 19, Measuring the Social Value of Innovation: A Link in the University Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship Equation. Elsevier/JAI Press, Gary D. Libecap, Editor (in press).
"'Schumpeterian Capitalism' in Capitalist Development: Towards a Synthesis of Capitalist Development and the 'Economy as a whole,'" in Companion on Neo-Schumpeterian Economics, Horst Hannusch and Andreas Pyka, eds., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2007, 97-107.
"State of Literature on Small to Medium Size Enterprises and Entrepreneurship in Low-income Communities, in Entrepreneurship in Low-and Moderate-Income Communities, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 2006.
"Start-ups and Entry Barriers: Small and Medium-sized Firms Population Dynamics," in Oxford Handbook or Entrepreneurship, Bernard Yeung, ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
"New Firm Survival and Human Capital," with Catherine Armington, in Entrepreneurship and Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, Charlie Karlsson, Borje Johansson and Roger Stough, eds.: New York, Rutledge, 2006, 125-148.
"New Firm Formation and the Region: Empirical Evidence from the United States," in Entrepreneurship, Geography and Innovation, Enrico Santarelli, ed., New York: Springer, 2006, 105-134.
"Innovation and the Growth of Cities," in Urban Dynamics and Growth, CEA vol. 266 Roberto Capello and Peter Nycamp, eds., 2004, 635-655.
"New firm Survival and Human Capital," with Catherine Armington, Entrepreneurship, Spatial Industrial Clusters and Inter-firm Networks, University of Trollhattan/Uddevalla, 2003, 51-70.
"Innovation and Technological Change," with David B. Audretsch in Acs and Audretsch, eds., Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, 55-79.
"What is the Value of Entrepreneurial Start-ups to an Economy," in A. Varga and L. Szerb, eds., Innovation Entrepreneurship, Regions and Economic Development: International experiences and Hungarian Challenges, University of Pecs, Hungary, 2002, 81-106.
"High Technology Employment and Knowledge Spillovers," with FitzRoy and Smith in Acs, de Groot and Nijkamp, eds., The Emergence of the Knowledge Economy: A Regional Perspective, Springer, 147-164, 2002.
"Endogenous Technological Change, Entrepreneurship and Regional Growth," in Manfred Fisher, ed, Knowledge, Complexity and Innovation Systems, Munich: Springer, 2000, 228-247.
"The Historical Role of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Sector in Developed and Developing Capitalist States," in B. Dallage and R. McIntyre, eds., Great Hopes and Mixed Achievements: SMEs in Transitional Economies, Oxford: Oxford University Press and UNU/WIDER 2001.
"The New American Evolution," in Z. Acs, ed., Are Small Firms Important?, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999, 1-21.
"Evolution, Community, and the Global Economy, with R. Morck and B. Yeung, in Z. Acs. ed., Are Small Firms Important?" Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999, 147-158.
"Development and Expansion of Secondary Markets for Small Business Loans," in Business Access to Capital and Credit Conference Proceedings, Chicago: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 1999, 625-643.
"Cities, Information and 'Smart Holes','' with J. de la Mothe, in Z.J. Acs, eds., Regional Innovation, Knowledge, and Global Change, London: Cassell, 2000, 240-125.
"Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy-Conclusion," with B. Yeung, in Z.J. Acs and B. Yeung, eds., Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1999, 164-175.
"The Linkages Between Entrepreneurship, SMEs and the Macro economy," with B. Carlsson, and C. Karlsson, in Z.J. Acs, B. Carlsson, and C. Karlsson, eds., Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and the Macroeconomy, Cambridge: Cambridge University press, 1999, 3-44.
"Productivity Growth and Firm Size Distribution," with Randall Morck and Bernard Yeung in Z.J. Acs, B. Carlsson, and C. Karlsson, eds., Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and the Macroeconomy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1999, 367-397.
"Contrasting U.S. Metropolitan Systems of Innovation," with F. FitzRoy and I. Smith in J. De la Mothe and G. Pacquet, eds., Local and Regional Systems of Innovation, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998, 111-124.
"Births and Deaths of New Firms," with Bruce Kirchhoff, in D. L. Sexton and R. W. Smilor, eds., Entrepreneurship: 2000, Upstart Publishing Co., Chicago, 1997, 167-188.
"R&D Spillovers and High Tech Employment," with F. FitzRoy and I. Smith, in A. Balcher, J. Hassard and S. J. Proctor , eds., R&D Decisions, London: Routledge, 1996, 157-168.
"Local Systems of Innovation: In Search of an Enabling Strategy," with J. de la Mothe, and G. Pacquet, in Peter Howitt, ed., Knowledge-based Microeconomic Policies, Calgary: The University of Calgary Press, 1996, 339-358.
"Introduction," in Z. Acs ed., Small Firms and Economic Growth, Volume I, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd., 1996, xiii - xxvii.
"Capital Structure, Asset Specificity, and Firm Size: A Transaction Cost Analysis," with Steve Isberg, in E. Helmstadter and M. Perlman, eds., Behavioral Norms, Technological Progress, and Economic Dynamics, University of Michigan Press, 1996, 285-300.
"Small Firms and Economic Growth," in Piet Hein Admirall, eds., Small Business in the Modern Economy, Oxford: Blackwell Publisher, 1996, 1-62.
"High Technology Clusters: Regional Networks in Global Webs," in J. de la Mothe and G. Paquet, eds., Evolutionary Economics and the New International Political Economy, London: Pinter, 1996, 183-219.
"Does Research Create Jobs?" in J. de la Mothe, P. Large, P. Laurent and G. Paquet, eds., Technology, Trade and the New Economy, 1st PRIME Lectures, Ottawa: University Ottawa Press, 1995, 77-87.
"R&D Spillovers," with D. Audretsch, in L. Lefebvre and E. Lefebvre, eds., Management of Technology and Regional Development in a Global Environment, London: Paul Chapman, 1995, 106-116.
"Entrepreneurial Activity, Innovation, and Macroeconomic Fluctuations," with David B. Audretsch, in Y. Shionoya and M. Perlman, eds., Innovation in Technology, Industries, and Institutions: Comparative Perspectives, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1994, 212-225.
"Building an Entrepreneurial Climate in the Baltimore-Washington Common Market: The Case of Biotechnology," in Kinji Gonda, Fujio Sakauchi and Tom Higgins, eds., Regionalization of Science and Technology Resources in the Context of Globalization, Tokyo: Industrial Research Center of Japan, 1994, 315-330.
"Inovacao e mudanca technolgica: a nove ciencia," in Joao Paule Dos Reis Vellose and Luciano Martins, eds., A Nova Ordem Mundial em Questao, Rio de Janeiro: Jose Olympio, 1993, 291-338.
"The Role of the Firm in the Transition to a Free Market: Lessons from Japanese and American Models," with Felix R. FitzRoy, in Ingrid Rima, ed., The Political Economy of Global Restructuring, London: Edward Elgar, 1993, 186-203. Reprinted in Europa Forum, Budapest, 1993, July, 81-95.
"Innovation and Technological Change: The New Learning," with David B. Audretsch, in Gary D. Libecap, ed., Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1993, 109-142.
"Entrepreneurship and Small Business Growth: A Case Study," with David S. Evans, in Gary D. Libecap, ed., Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1993, 143-176.
"Analyzing Innovation Output Indicators: The U.S.-Experience," with David B. Audretsch, in Alfred Kleinknecht and Donald Bain, ed., New Concepts in Innovation Output Measurement, London: Macmillan Press, 1993, 10-41.
"Introduction: Small Firms and Entrepreneurship," with David B. Audretsch, in Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch, eds., Small Firms and Entrepreneurship: An East West Perspective, Cambridge: The Cambridge University Press, 1993, 1-14.
"Has the Role of Small Firms Changed in the United States?" with David B. Audretsch, in Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch, eds., Small Firms and Entrepreneurship: An East West Perspective, Cambridge: The Cambridge University Press, 1993, 55-77.
"The Economic and Social Impact of Entrepreneurship," in Donald Sexton and Jack Kasarda, eds., Frontiers of Entrepreneurship, Boston: PWS-Kent Publishers, 1992, 45-85.
"Technological Regimes, Learning, and Industry Turbulence," with David B. Audretsch, in Mark Perlman, ed., Innovation and Technological Change: An Evolutionary Approach, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1992, 305-321.
"Innovation as a Means of Entry: An Overview," with David B. Audretsch, in Paul A. Geroski and Joachim Schwalbach, eds., Entry and Market Contestability: An International Perspective, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991, 222-243.
"Innovation and Technological Change: An Overview," with David B. Audretsch, in Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch, eds., Innovation and Technological Change, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1991, 1-9.
"R&D, Firm Size, and Innovative Activity," with David B. Audretsch, in Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch, eds., Innovation and Technological Change, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1991, 39-60.
"Flexible Technology, Plant Size, and Industrial Restructuring," with David B. Audretsch and Bo Carlsson, in Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch, eds., The Economics of Small Firms: A European Challenge, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1990, 141-154.
"Small Firms in the 1990's," with David B. Audretsch, in Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch, eds., The Economics of Small Firms: A European Challenge, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1990, 1-24.
"Kleine Unternehmen, Schaffung von Arbeitsplatzen und Technologie in den USA und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland," with David B. Audretsch, in Johannes Berger, ed., Kleinbetriebe im Wirtschaftlichen Wandel, Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 1990, 35-60.
"Flexible Specialization Technologies, Innovation and Small Business," in Richard Judd, Fred Becker and Bill Greenwood, eds., Small Business in a Regulated Economy, Westpoint: Greenwood Press, 1988, 41-62.
Book Reviews
"Competition, Innovation and Antitrust: a Theory of market Leaders and its Policy Implications, by Federico Etro, Journal of Economic Literature, 2009, Vol. XLVII, 39-41.
"Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration," by Jonathan J. Bean, Journal of Economic Literature, 2003, 1316-1318.
"30 Years of Catching up with the West," by Peter J. Biegelbaure, Eastern Economic Journal, 2001, 27(4), 521-523.
"Invention and the Rise of Technocapitalism," Luis Suares-Villa, Papers in Regional Science, 2001, 80(4), 515-517.
"Small Firms, Large Concerns," by Konosuke Odaka and Minoru Sawoi, History .net Book Review.
"Small Business Enterprise: An Economic Analysis," by Gavin C. Reid, Journal of Economic Literature, 1994, 1920-1922.
"The Market and the State," by David B. Audretsch, Eastern Economic Journal, XVII, No.2, 1991, 253-257.
"Employers Large and Small," by Charles Brown, Hamilton, and James Medoff, Southern Economic Journal, 57, March, 1991, 276-277.
"Free Market Conservatism," edited by Edward Nell, Allen and Unwin, 1984, Eastern Economic Journal, XI, No. 3, 1985, 177-179.
Others
"Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2008 Executive Report," with Niels Bosma, Erkko Autio, Jonathan Levy, Babson College, 2009.
High Impact Firms: Gazelles Revisited, 2008 with William Parsons and Spencer Tracy, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration.
Global entrepreneurship monitor: National Entrepreneurship Assessment: United States of American: 2004-2005 Executive Report, 2006, with Erlend Bullvaag, I. Elaine Allen, William D. Bygrave and Stephen Spinelli, Jr., Babson College, Wellesley, Ma.
Seeding the Vision: Creative Baltimore, 2006, with Monika Megyesi, Jacob France Institute, University of Baltimore.
GEM : Vállalkozások Magyarországon 2005 / Ács J. Zoltán, Szerb László, Varga Attila, Ulbert József. - Pécs : PTE, 2005. - 140 p.
"Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2004 Executive Report," with Pia Arenius, Michael Hay and Maria Minniti, London Business School, 2005.
"Entrepreneurship in Rural America: The Big Picture," in Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, The Center for the Study of Rural America, Main Streets of Tomorrow: Growing and Financing Rural Entrepreneurs, 2003, 31-30.
"Entrepreneurial Activity and Economic Growth," with Catherine Armington, in William D. Bygrave ed., Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 2002, 339-349.
"Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, GEM 2001 Magyarorszag, Vallalkozasok Magyorszagon globalis osszehasonlitasban," with Szerb, Varga and Ulbert, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, March 2002.
"The Emergence of the Entrepreneurial Society," with David B. Audretsch, Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research, Stockholm Sweden, www.fsf.se, April 2001.
Case Study: Saba, Wang & Associates, Inc., with Anthony Mariano, in Entrepreneurship Proceedings of a Joint United States and European Union Seminar, U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, February, 2000, 99-111.
"The Development and Expansion of Secondary Markets for Small-Business Loans," RISEbusiness, Washington D.C., Working Paper Series 99xx, March 1999.
Foreword in, Attila Varga, University Research and Regional Innovation: A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Academic Technology Transfer, Boston: Kluwer, 1998
"The New American Evolution," White Paper, Office of Economic Research, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration, May 1988.
"Innovation and Small Firms," The State of Small Business, Washington D.C.., Chapter 5, 1996.
"Why Does the Relative Share of Employment Stay Constant?," with Bruce Phillips, in Paul Reynolds et al., eds., Frontiers of Entrepreneurship - 1997, Babson College, 1998.
"High Technology Employment and University R&D Spillovers: Evidence from U.S. Cities," with F. Fitzroy, and I. Smith, in Paul Reynolds, et al., ed., Frontiers of Entrepreneurship - 1995, Babson College, 1996, 274-285.
Student Study Guide for Managerial Economics and Organization, with Daniel A. Gerlowski, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1996.
Instructors Manual with Questions for Managerial Economics and Organization, with Daniel A. Gerlowski, Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall 1996.
Database Software for Managerial Economics and Organization, with Daniel A. Gerlowski, Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall 1996.
Presentation Graphics for Managerial Economics and Organization, with Daniel A. Gerlowski, Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall 1996.
Computerized Test Bank for Managerial Economics and Organization, with Daniel A. Gerlowski, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall 1996.
Foreword in, Diwan, Romesch, High-Tech Industry and International Competitiveness, New York: Praeger, 1991.
Foreword in, Kirchhoff, Bruce, Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Capitalism, New York: Praeger, 1993.
"Small Business Economics: A Global Perspective," Babson College, December 1991.
"Innovation, Firm Size and Entrepreneurship," with D. B. Audretsch, Proceedings of TIMS Conference Sessions, Working Paper Series, volume II, 1990.
Comment on David J. Storey, in Z. J. Acs and D. B. Audretsch, eds., The Economics of Small Firms: A European Challenge, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1990, 51-52.
"Small Firms and Technology," with David B. Audretsch, Technologie/Economie, Ministerie ven Economische Zaken, Den Haag, Netherlands, 1989.
"Innovation Strategy and the Presence of Small Firms," with David B. Audretsch, in Gary B. Roberts, ed., Entrepreneurship: New Directions for a Global Economy, Marietta: Kennesaw College, 1988, 1-6.
"The IBM-ROLM Merger: A Comment," with David B. Audretsch, Manhattan College Journal of Business, 13 (4), February 1985, 4.
"America: From Industrial to Information Society," in: America and the World Economy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, Newark Media Works, Newark, New Jersey, 1983.
Testimony
February 1988
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, February 24, 1988, "Innovation and Firm Size."
March 1986
Testimony before Illinois Energy Resource Commission for Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies: Expert Witness.
Professional Associations
American Economic Association
Association of Managerial Economics, Member of the Program Committee, 1993, 1994
European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE)
Eastern Economics Association, Area Representative, 1984 to 1988, Elected Director, 1990-1993, Member of the Program Committee, 1992-1993
European Council for Small Business, Member of the Program Committee 1991
International Council for Small Business, Member of the Planning Committee, 1991
International J.A. Schumpeter Society
International Regional Science Association, North America
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
Academy of Management
Professional Activities
May 2009
Conference Organizer, Entrepreneurship, Development and Public Policy, Imperial College Business School.
December, 2008
Keynote Speaker, Russian GEM Conference, Graduate School of Management, Leningrad, Russia
November, 2008
Keynote Speaker, International Society for Small Business, Belfast Ireland.
October, 2008
Invited Speech, Santiago Chamber of Commerce, Santiago, Chile
October, 2008
Keynote Speaker, University of Trento Conference, Trento, Italy.
September, 2008
Keynote Speaker, European Union Conference, Seville, Spain.
September, 2008
Speaker, Swedish, Foundation for Small Business, Stockholm, Sweden.
August, 2008
Workshop Organizer, Academy of Management, Anaheim, Ca.
June, 2008
Keynote Speaker, International Council for Small Business, Halifax, Canada
April 2008
Invited Paper, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena Germany.
February 2008
Invited Paper, Measuring the Social Value of Innovation, University of Arizona.
January 2008
Invited Paper, Regional Endogenous Development, Brisbane Australia.
October 2007
Organizer, Third GEM Research Conference, Washington D.C.
June 2007
Presented Paper, Babson Conference, Madrid, Spain.
May, 2007
Invited Speaker, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
April 2007
Invited Speaker, SME and Entrepreneurship Workshop, Cairo, Egypt.
April, 2007
Invited Speaker, Kiel Institute, Kiel, Germany.
January, 2007
Keynote Speaker, AGSEE Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
May 2005
Organizer, Second GEM Research Conference, Budapest, Hungary.
June 2006
Organizer, Summer Institute and Residence Week on Entrepreneurship Research, Max-Plack Institute for Research into Economic Systems.
June 2005
Organizer, Summer Institute and Residence Week on Entrepreneurship Research, Max-Plack Institute for Research into Economic Systems.
March 2004
Organizer, Conference on Entrepreneurship and Opportunity, Max Planck Institute, Jena Germany.
March 2003
Editor of Special Issue, Regional Studies, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development.
June 2002
Editor of Special Issue, Small Business Economics, Institutions, Entrepreneurship and Firm Growth.
January 2002
Session Organizer: Firm Size and Firm Growth Revisited, ASSA, Atlanta, Georgia.
March 2000
Editor of Special Issue, International Regional Science Review, Regional Innovation Systems.
January 2000
Conference Organizer, Jonkoping International Business School, Institutions, Entrepreneurship and Firm Growth.
March 1998
Invited Lecture. Budapest University of Economics
January 1998
Session Organizer. Teaching Managerial Economics, American Economic Association, Chicago, Illinois.
September 1997
Invited Paper. Productivity Growth and Firm Size Distribution Erasmus University.
May 1997
Conference Organizer: "Why are small firms important," Office of Advocacy, U. S. Small Business Administration.
March 1997
Invited Paper. Entrepreneurship, Geographic Spillovers and University Research, Cambridge University.
March 1997
Invited Lecture. Entrepreneurship, Geographic Spillovers and University Research, St. Andrews University.
June 1996
Conference Organizer: "Entrepreneurship, SMEs and the Macro Economy," Jonkoping International Business School, Jonkoping Sweden.
May 1996
Invited paper: State-of-the-Art Research Conference, Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri.
November 1995
Member: Entrepreneurship Research Consortium, Babson College.
October 1995
Conference Organizer: "Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy," CIBER, College of Business and Management.
April 1995
Conference Organizer. Internationalization Strategies in Management Education, University of Maryland.
March 1995
Invited Paper. "Local Systems of Innovation: Towards an Enabling Strategy," Implications of Knowledge-based Growth for Micro-Economic Policies, Industry Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
January 1995
Prime Lecture. "Does Research Create Jobs?", University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
January 1995
Invited Paper. "Why Do Firms Come in Different Sizes?", Dynamics of
Employment and Industry Evolution, University of Mannheim.
August 1994
Invited Paper. "Third Global Workshop on Small Business Economics," Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
August 1994
Invited Paper. "Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises," Jonkoping International Business School, Jonkoping, Sweden.
February 1993
Workshop: SPES -- Industry Dynamics and Small Firms, Lisbon, Portugal.
February 1993
Seminar: "The Determinants of Variation in Self-Employment Rates Across Countries and Over Time," The George Washington University.
February 1993
Steering Committee: "Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics," Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan.
June 1993
Invited Paper: "The International Workshop on Regional Science and Technology Policy," National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Iwate, Japan.
September 1993
Invited Paper: "Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Development: The Role of Foreign Direct Investment," United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Osaka, Japan.
October 1993
Invited Paper: "Management of Technology and Regional Development in a Global Environment," Montreal, Canada.
April 1992
Invited Paper: "Innovation and Technological Change: The New Learning," International Conference on the New International Order, Rio de Janeiro.
April 1992
Lecture: "The Determinants of Variation in Self-Employment Rates Across Countries and Over Time," University of Warwick, Coventry, England.
April 1992
Workshop: SPES - Industry Dynamics and Small Firms, Athens, Greece.
May 1992
Workshop: Globalization, Liberalization and Innovation Policy: Canadian and Latin American Perspectives, International Development Research Center, Ottawa, Canada.
May 1992
Faculty Associate of CIBER Maryland, College of Business and Management, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, Maryland.
May 1992
Invited Paper: "The Development of the Small Business Section in Central and Eastern Europe," Conference on Small Business in the Global Economy, Montreal, Canada.
June 1992
Invited Paper: "Entrepreneurship in U.S. Manufacturing," Birth and Start-up of Small Firms, Milan, Italy.
August 1992
Lecture: "Entrepreneurship in the U.S.," Shoko Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
1991-1992
Member, the Sloan Seminar on Technological Change and National Capabilities, Columbia University.
February 1991
Lecture: "Technological Regimes, Learning and Industry Turbulence," Carnegie Mellon University.
March 1991
Lecture: "Capital Structure, Innovation and Firm Size," The University of Pennsylvania.
April 1991
Organizer: "Workshop on Small Business Economics and Entrepreneurship," Harvard Business School, Harvard University.
October 1991
Workshop: SPES - Industry Dynamics and Small Firms, Brussels, Belgium.
November 1991
Lecture: "Small Business Economics: A Global Perspective," The 1991 Willard Duncan Carpenter Endowed Lecture, Babson College.
May 1990
Invited Paper: International Interdisciplinary Workshop on, "Networks of Innovators," University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada.
July 1990
Conference Organizer: International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Small Firms, Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin.
August 1990
Visiting Scientist, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR.
October 1990
Invited Paper: State-of-the-Art Research Conference, Kenan Institute, University of North Carolina
December 1990
Discussant: "Law and Economics," American Economics Association, Washington, D.C.
April 1989
Lecture: "Lessons for Technology Policy," Ministry of Economic Affairs, Directorate of Technology Policy, Hague, the Netherlands.
April 1989
Seminar: "R&D, Firm Size, and Innovative Activity," Universiteit van Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute, the Netherlands.
May 1989
Invited Lecture: "Innovation and Technological Change in the U.S. Steel Industry," The Free University of Berlin.
August 1989
Conference Organizer: International Conference on Innovation and Technological Change, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, funded by The German Marshall Fund of the U.S., and the WZB.
October 1989
Invited Lecture: 16th International Small Business Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
November 1989
Invited Paper: "The Theory of Entry Dynamics," International Entry Conference, Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin.
March 1988
Invited Lecture: "Was Birch Right" Employment Creation in Small Firms: Trends and New Developments, Brussels, A conference organized by the Commission of EC (DH V).
April 1988
Session Organizer and Discussant: "Job Generation and Smaller Firms: An International Perspective," Fifteenth International Atlantic Economics Conference, London.
June 1988
Workshop on Industrial Economics, "Flexible Technology and Firm Size," Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin.
September 1988
Seminar: "Innovation in Large and Small Firms," Department of Economics, University of Maryland.
September 1988
Seminar: Innovation in Large and Small Firms," Department of Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
September 1988
Lecture: "Innovation in Large and Small Firms," Department of Management, Drexel University.
October 1988
Industrial Economics Seminar: "Patents as a Measure of Innovative Activity," Department of Economics, Case Western Reserve University.
November 1988
Workshop on Industrial Economics, "Small Firm Entry in U.S. Manufacturing," Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung.
November 1988
Conference Organizer: International Conference on Small Business Economics, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), funded by a grant from the WZB.
December 1988
Lecture: "Innovation in Large and Small Firms," Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Industrial Administration.
January 1987
Lecture: "The Determinants of Small-Firm Presence in U.S. Manufacturing," IIM Seminar, Berlin.
February 1987
Lecture: "The Determinants of Innovation in Large and Small Firms," Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
March 1987
Invited to participate in a roundtable discussion on my book, The Changing Structure of the U.S. Economy, Southwest Economics Association Conference.
April 1987
Allision Memorial Lectures in Contemporary Economics: "Are we Competitive in International Markets," Blackburn College.
September 1987
Discussant: "Does Q Matter for Investment," Factors in Business Investment, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin.
October 1987
Seminar: "Innovation in Large and Small Firms," Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex.
November 1987
Betreibswirtschaftliches Doktorandenseminar: "Innovations and Venture Capital," Universitat Bonn.
December 1987
Industrial Economics Seminar: "Innovation in Large and Small Firms," Department of Economics, Case Western Reserve University.
December 1987
Seminar: "Innovation, Market Structure and Firm Size," Temple University.
December 1987
Seminar: "Job Generation and Firms Size in the U.S. and West Germany," Center for European Studies, City University of New York.
December 1987
Seminar: "Innovation and the Schumpeterian Hypothesis," New School for Social Research.
March 1986
Lecture: "U.S. Economic Development: 1900-1980," Illinois Economic Development Policy, Sangamon State University.
April 1986
Session Organizer and Chairperson, "Issues in Industrial Organization," Eastern Economics Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
June 1986
Lecture: "The Determinants of Innovation in Large and Small Firms," Universitat Bremen.
August 1986
Lecture: "The Determinants of Innovation in Large and Small Firms," Hungarian Academy of Science, Institute of Economics.
August 1986
Lecture: "The Determinants of Innovation in Large and Small Firms," IIM Seminar.
August 1986
Discussant: European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Discussant for "Electronics in Hungary," Berlin.
November 1986
Lecture: "Innovation and Technical Change," U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C.
December 1986
Discussant: American Economic Association Annual Meeting, "Science Technology and Public Policy," New Orleans.
February 1985
Lecture: "Industrial Policy and International Trade," U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington, D.C.
March 1985
Lecture: "Case Study of Minimill Financing," Conference on Steel Industry Problems, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
February 1984
Invited Lecture: "The Changing Structure of the American Economy," Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
March 1984
Invited Lecture: Christian A. Johnson Economic Lecture, The Two Steel: Why the U.S. Doesn't Need an Industrial Policy," Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.
July 1984
Conference Organizer and Invited Paper: "Lo sviluppo della piccola e media industria in Italia e negli Statei Uniti in funzione delle esportazioni e vendite negli USA," presented at the Conference Cambiamenti Nella Struttura Economica Degli USA: Nuove Opportunite' per Le Esportazioni Italiane, Pescia, Italy.
July 1983
Invited Paper: "Keynesian Societies in Depression," Presented at a conference sponsored by Columbia University and UICS on the Political Economy of Austerity: Responses in Managing Decline, Pescia, Italy.
December 1983
Discussant: "The Japanese Economic and Business Challenge to the U.S. Economy After the Williamsburg Summit," sponsored by Manhattan College, New York, New York.
1982-1983
Member, Faculty Study Group on the Political Economy of Austerity, Institute on Western Europe, Columbia University.
References
Richard Nelson, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University, 420 West 118th Street New York, NY 10027. (212) 854-8720
John Haltiwanger, Department of Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD 20742. (301) 405 3504.
Joshua Lerner, Harvard Business School, Morgan Hall, Room 38, Boston, MA 02163. (617) 495-6065
Lee Preston, College of Business, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD 20742. (301) 405-2259
Richard Caves, Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. (617) 495-2127
Roger Stough, Vice President for Development, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, (703) 993-2281.